Babies-in-prison program prompted few safety concerns, warden tells court - Canada

Chris Engel 5/29/138:16 PM

"A program to allow babies to stay with their imprisoned mothers in a B.C. jail caused very few safety problems before it was cancelled, says the former warden who oversaw the project.

"Its cancellation in 2008 is now the subject of a constitutional challenge in B.C. Supreme Court, with two former female inmates arguing that not allowing their babies to stay with them while they were in jail was a violation of their rights as mothers under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms...."
http://www.theprovince.com/news/national/Babiesinprison+program+prompted+safety+concerns+warden+tells/8445332/story.html

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